Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1921, Page 6

¥ FEBRUARY 1921, A e ————— Semi-Annual Clearance Sale of High Character Luggage TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY 14, Ll THE EVENING ) Beautiful THE EVENING ST AR,,lricL There is nothing to be proud of. | warding off these two menaces. And.| | i ich the furthermore, they realize that as long With Edition. indeed, in the manner in which t e, they realiz 2 | o Wi Senday Morning Edi ) €overnment and the states have mm-! as there are two dangers one will to ! WASHINGTON, D. C dled leprosy in the past. But meanwhile! a large extent negative the other MONDAY. .. ... February 14, 1021 | there has been terrible distress of| The reds have had one go at the | " | mind on the part of some unfortunate | game in Germany and have failed, THEODORE W. NOYES. .. . Editor | Victims and intense anxietv on ths | the monarchists have had thelr L) controversy between Senator Johnson | part of communities 'n which they fll'P;and likewise failed. These tWo CX-langq Secretary Colby over mak!ngi v being most inadequately cared for ard periences s s - rmany | publi g _Sh = . The Evening Star Newspaper Company . :‘d a 3 T Es oson = Jinanliclthe iNoxzia Shidchars ¥ aressl Seiie) i Office, 11t St. and Peonsivania Ave. | treated. is not actually subject to reaction il iment. As is usually the case in dis- B ffice: Tribune Kullding. Surely if there is red tane it should|one way or the other, that the peoPle|cussing the Japanese problem, di-| = for Editorial Digest 14-Inch Eas Gander tern quse and "Vkstem | Ivory Bowl cret diplomacy” is again under, £ fire in the press as a result of the| with 4 out- side lights. jonal Rank Building. ched the stage of formal agree- ! le in Advance. Rate by Mail—Pay St: London, England. | be cut. If there is misunderstanding | are satisfled with their present demo-!vision of editorial opinion is chiefly | . Tee Star, with the Sunday moraine | It Should be cleared away. If thejcratic organization and are intehl geographic. Insistence upon “open| dition, e delivered by carriers within the €lty) government leprosarium is reacy toupon developing it. Undoubt:dly in-jcovenants openly arrived at” is found | . | e e s A ontn" . | receive these local patients they should | trigues are at work for poth boishev-{in western papers. while mos jotithie —1s an event of imporlance I Sers iay ‘be'sent by mail. or ieiepbone Maln | be sent there without del B 1t 1o s mosarchism. Probobiy Her (SNISTR. SHISOES. sunpont | SocretfE 2o i T ctiew e e = the process of makias|Simon, who is talking now about the resuit of “official conversation 3 ) to the seasoned traveler. {it 8o should be speeded. To> much | reparations, knows perfectly aboutiwhich he ns have not vet ECK i APN | K it - el aon- se ric < Vs ey | T 4 i i time has already been wasted in 2on- | these Intrigues and knows that they | pil tremely liberal reductions now Maryland and Virginia. __|sideration and negotiation, whil2 tLejare futile. But for purposes of pub-} phasizing the point that “the | ELECTRIC FIXTURES i 3 g::g 'n'x'.dl Sunday--:\':-.gg.ag' §:o.. c‘x‘discass has heen developed in manyilicn(inn and diplomacy he must na|z-1;‘r,-l:§;‘> ::(;I‘U:[C:)vmql(‘]x““;:n‘(i»r:-aio:':dl:‘;:‘-‘: 5" 12th St. N.W. prevail on our entire stock of only. 1yr., §2.40; 1 mo. communities znd the suffersrs from | nify them. The business sense of i, e e ok a0t Trunks, Bags and Suit C | AR Other States. it when identified have been treated|the Germans, always keen, has not|Gazette (democratic) ridicule i S, gS ases. Daily and Sunday.1 yr.."‘!-%(‘l): }mo..:gg;wilh the mos: shameful cruelty. | been duljed by the war and the most | SUSEestion that it is at this tin | Becker’s Luggage carries with it | Daily only 1yr., $7.00; 1 mo., §0 And sc no one can really think|important job nt for thel «g o8 Hay ™ ims. H Sl e . | s s 25 3 portant job just at present hades of John H: it exclaims, i . | Sunday only ......1yr, 3.00; 1m0, 3¢5 p)y of tnis poor man whom the | German statesmen is to get the reparit-| “Since when did it become customary ! distinction of character and in- — % 5 for an ambassador to consult with | disputable quality that measure up to the highest standards of ex- District has bsen so reluctaatly, and,{ tions payme. ts reduced to members of the foreign relations com- {in truth, inadequately, housing for tak-! possible terms, £ mittee of the Senate in the negotia- Bonus Alternations. ii i s 1 tion of a treaty? His chief is the | These are hard times for the gov-! "% ”_’f'“_‘:“:““;t::r‘:o:'j ‘l;'_’“‘;";_‘“."i S - —e———————— e e e s . ernment clerks and the District em-{#eRE & Sl AMERE Y et T Mexico isults and from him secures his in- | cellence. o | tion. is to be hope a s b i structions.” | v y bonus in i s 5 i are T + . :’:’“}’{' -t "’e"uge.‘ ‘:,_Pmuut tne |adventure will bring resulis and, of | Some disturbances in Mexico are, Opposition to tnis view. nowever. | dom from the sale, ind e House committee’s drd i ottt ! » small bands | comes from at least one paper on the A jew eramples. taken at random from sale, indicat- course, that his trip into the open reported. Here and there Atlantic coast, as well as from the g the Tiperal savings. Many others equally aitracti As yet gislativ it is knocked out | ::a mt;Zufl;rt\h :npo(in‘f of order and | Nas not caused any spread of the dis- the Senate committee puts it t_uac}(.!““fl‘- Then it is stricken out of the bill in the Senate on point of order. Just; of marauders are moving. however, there s no concerted actioz. Nothing formidable in the way of re- sistance to the authorities appears on | the horizon. The Express and_ Advertiser (republican) of Portland, Me.. sees in Senator Johnson's request “a splen- | id opportunity for demonstration” of | 3 s celebrated point enly arrivedat, " | here is no need | LET OUR EXPERTS REUPHOLSTER $16.00 Women's Traveling Bags. Reduced to...... $12.00 $50.00 Women’s Fitted Pig- $95.00 Wardrobe Trunks. Reduced to Canada and Protection. The fifth session of the thirteenth now that is the status of the propo- sition—out of the bill. But there hope that the action of Saturday \‘«‘i“l ‘be reconsidered. Indeed, it is incon-; ceivable that the session should close | without the grant of this so-called extra compensation, which is, in truth, | merely an increase of the regular | compensation to bring it up to the point of the living necessities of the | government workers. i The experiences of this session with | the bonus demonstrate as could noth-| ing else the inequity of keeping thri government pay scale on so low a; basis that an annually granted borus is necessary to maintain the depart- mental force. announced that “this is the last: bonus,” assuming that this will be| granted; that before the next appro-| priation bills are passed some sort| of reclassification law will be enacted | raising the basic pay throughout the service. Probably few legislators realize what | these alternations of ruling and de-i cision mean to the government work- | ers. Perhaps if some one Were con- | tinually to propose and temporarily to effect the reduction of the congres-| sional income by, say, 20 per cent—! $1,500 a year—the reaction from this; present series of bonus actions wou!d | be appreciated on Capitoi Hill. The possibility of a loss of $240 a vear is to the average government Worker | & desperately serious matter. Tti means just the difference between & bare sufficiency and either debt or distress. It is bad enough for a man | of comfortable income to fall into arrears and owe money for things that have to be provided for Lis fam-| fly. He hasa hard time catch: But for the man wkose income is so| small that every cent is needed month- i1y for his actual family recuirements to get into debt is hopeless. A sud- den illness, a surgical operation, a @eath in the family—and money must J be borrowed. And it takes years to pay, and the interest sometimes | amounts to as much as the principal | and even more. That is why these bonus altérna- tions are so distressing to the govern- ment workers. They cannot be posi-| tively assured that the matter will | come out all right. They can only hope while they fear. Assurance that the bonus will be put back i< very gratifying, but it will not pay grocery bills or the doctor bills or the rent {f something slips and the ses- slon closes without action —— Senator Chamberlain. Senator Chamberlain's return to @uty after an illness of several monthsg | I8 most gratifying to his friends and his admirers in Washington and elsc- where. One of the hardest working, | ablest and most fearless members of the Senate, one of the most conscientiously devoted to his duties, Mr. Chamberlain has almost lit- erally sacrificed himself to his task. During his illness grave fears were | felt on the score of his recovery. Now | he appears to be restored to health, | and although his term will soon ex- Ppire it is good to see him back in the familiar place for at least the few ‘weeks that remain. Senator Chamoerlain was one of the victims of the overwhe'ming repub- lican landslide iast November. 1le, therefore, pazses cuL of immediate congressional lite, but there is reason to hope that he will not be lnst to governmental organization, buc that his services will Le utilized in some capacity fitted to his qualities Juring the coming admiristration. —_——— ‘While a Vice President does not mingle imposingly in oficial affairs, | his career serves an important moral | and educational purpose. It enables him to demonstrate to studious and aspiring youth how a great man can live on a small salary. —_——— The statues of the woman suffrage heroines are not “classical” in attires, which fact may enable them to exert a decorous and desirable influence on the feminine fashions of the day. ————— A Leper at Large. No one can blame the Inmate of the so-called leper hospital on the banks of the Eastern branch for his escape vesterday in an endeavor to see the health officer and bring his case to the point of decision. He has asked to be sent with his comrade in con- finement to the newly acquired gov- ernment leprosarium in Louisiana. For some reason not clearly explained there is delay. Some red tape, it seems, has to be unwound. Some mis- understanding, apparently, has de- weloped between the District govern- ment and the public health service, and finally this patient precipitates the situation by walking out of his barbed wire inclosure and presenting himself at the District building. One of the saddest chapters in all local history is this matter of the care of the few cases of leprosy that Muwwhwmchwmm* parliament of Canada opens today. | The tariff will be the leading ques- tion considered. Tariff revision has been made imperative by the war. Canada shares with all other coun- tries that result of the world up- heaval. Protection is the demand of the great manufacturing and trading in- terests. They are urging a strong Canada. They want Canadian mar- kets considered in connection with the industrial advancement of the country. Canada first. But there is a farmers’ movement of considerable proportions urging a It has been already [low tariff in the interests of agricul- ture. It is well organized, and will bring pressure to bear on the legis- lators. It is stated in the press dispatches that the Canadians are watching us; that they are taking note, particu- larly of the Fordney bill, and may shape their tariff legislation some- what on what is done with that meas- ure. Well, we shall take note of what they do. They are probably more concerned about us than we about them; but, as we are neighbors and trade with each other, each must take the other into account as respects trade relations. ‘Tariff revision is now a world prob- lem. The war has made it so. And all countries are weighing the prob- lem as Canada and we are. Each na- tion wants to strengthen itself. And yet in fashioning its tariff laws each must consider the question from the standpoint both of holding its own markets and of entering foreign mar- kets. Economists everywhere have the floor, and everybody wishes them | well of their job. ——— The Anti-White Episode. The anti-White, anti-Cox, move- ment was hasty and illadvised. Its authors should have been surer of their ground. Thev acted without knowledge of Mr. White's plans or disposition. - The story of his eager- ness to retire was three months od, and never well authenticated. The amateurishness of the affair has caused much surprise. Undertaken in the interests of Mr. McAdoo, it does not suggest methods associable with the cause of so keen and accom- plished a politician. He has had great success in the past eight years, and was a close second at San Francisco in the contest for the democratic lead- ership. He is still strong in party favor, but not strong enough to sup- port many more “breaks” of the kind just made. However, it was made in the ab- sence of Mr. McAdoo from the coun- try. He is back from Mexico now, and presumably will in future keep a sharp eye on the gun. As for Gov. Cox, the movement complimented him. It seemed to as. sume that a movement was necessary to get rid of him; that unless his friend could be eliminated from all committee influence, another Cox can- didacy would spring up and be ad- vanced. Today, Gov. Cox does not look for- midable to the average observer. In the circumstances he made a good fight last year. But his defeat was 80 overwhelming it is almost impos- | sible to conceive of his coming back as early as 1924, if ever again. B ——— e — Numerous admirers of Mr. Dawes continue to think that a cabinet might be none the worse off for some unvar- | nished expression. —— A new system of international book- keeping is suggested in advance of the new system of international law made necessary by the law. ——— The cafe gayetles reported in Ber. lin may be responsible for a slight spirit of jazz diplomacy that some. times asserts itself. Red or Purple! Germany is playing the game that has become somewhat familiar since the armistice was signed. Pressed by the allied powers in the matter of reparations, the cry is now raised that “if you force us to pay at your estimate of what we owe—or what You say we owe—we may g0 bolshevik, or we may go monarchist.” When- ever the screws were turned during the treaty-making time and the later period of ratification, and during the enforcements and now in the matter of indemnities, the authorities at Ber- lin have raised the ‘two-headed bogle of anarchy and monarchy. Somehow this threat has lost its keenness through iteration. The al- lied powers are not quite as much {m- pressed by the possibility of a red or a purple Germany as a couple of years ago. There may be danger of one or the other of these developments. But the allied powers are proceeding on the hypothesis that Germany has much at stake as anybody else in There is this comfort for Mexico, | rauders multiply and arrange for a mass demonstration, the response of the authorities will be under the di- rection of a man who understands that sort of warfare. And, presumably, if the necessity arises President Obregon will bring) the whole power of his office and his| experience as a soldier to bear on the situation. He is his country’s best bet for law and order. If he cannot restore tran- quillity and preserve it, who among | her sons can hope to? She has had| a decade of turmoil. Several men i have tried their hands at government, and failed. True, none of them was well qualified for the' task, but all undertook it. Two—Madero and Car- ranza—were assassinated, and one— Huerta—died in prison and in exile. In point of accomplishments and personal character President Obregon is a cut above all of the other three. He has his chance and the good wish- es of a great many friends of Mexico. —_—————— The human sympathy displayed by Judge Landis toward an underpaid clerk who stole money can hardly | suggest any practical solution of a {very old problem. Universal super- vision of pay rolls by the govern- ment would be a form of paternalism which workers themselves would be i the first to resent. —————————— A continuation of the increase in bootleg traffic in dry and liquid drugs may make it perfectly plain to the most reluctant appropriation expert that more police are needed. ——————— European statesmen decline to ac- cept the theory that their countries can go ahead fighting and looting among themselves just as they did before Columbus discovered America. | —ar——————— Borrowers abroad would be more than glad to relieve the United States Treasury of the necessity of construct- ing new quarters to hold its store of cash. —_——— ! Interesting erudite argument as to distinctions to be made in bonus appropriations will not sooth the feel- ings of the men who need the $240. ————— Removal of a ban on beer for me- dicinal purposes may do a little to help the sausage and pretzel indus- | tries. and for her friends outside her bordevs. f piypy jp position that the west { President Obregon is u soldier of e be informed at once as tol ! perte He has fought bushwhack-j Whit has passed between the two jers, and know aeir methods. Me " \¢pjle (he California senator mayj) i ] 2 n of consequence|be “a troublesome person by reason EERcheSoncRMEs L he field and | Of Dhis insistence on lizht here and who has met Villa in the E Hastb s Cin- | whipped him. So that if these ma-ldependent) rather satirically suggests, | nator Johnson for secrec ! the Detroit Free Press (indepemlent) finds “good excuse” for his demand that the people chiefly concerned in these negotiations sShall not be “obliged to wait until the details, al- ready being discussed at length in Japan, filter through via Japanese new channels.” Eventually, the Spokane Spokesman- Review (Independent republican) points out, the State Department, “if it is to get anywhere with its reputed agreement with, Japan,” must “bring it into the open.” Therefore ‘“it would scem that Mr. Colby is going about his undertaking in the wrong manner. An attitude of frankness an@ non-concealment would seem more effective. Certainly it would be more consonant with the spirit of American government.” In the opinion of the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (independent). how- | ever, Johnson is merely “stirring up unnecessary friction,” which may re- act irjuriously by foreing the people | of California to yleld -more “to the { judzment of th country as a whole” than would have been the case had they refrained “from throwing mon- Jiey wrenches into the machinery of conciliation.” Tt is th™® appearance of an attempt on the part of California “to dictate national policies” which is most strongly opposed by papers not in the immediate battleground. To the Rochester Times-Union (independent) “it would scem that the rest of the country ought to have something to say about the matter”; and the Nor- folk Virginian-Pllot ' (independent democratic) feels that “Senator John- son should realize that he himself does not enjoy a monopoly on Americanism and that California is not the only state in the Union.” The question, as the Buffalo Ex- press (independent republican) sees it, “is whether the ideas of a group of California politicians should dirsct the policy of a nation or whether it should be representative of the en- tire country.” That question can be answered only in a refusal to allow California “to impose hcr special ob- session on the United States.” However, this theory that the Jap- anese problem is the “special obst slon” of California and the coast emphatically refuted by western wril ers. Says the Sacramento Union (in: dependent), far from being a local is- sue, “it is fundamentally a matter for national concern, and only the gross ignorance of the eastern sectfon of the nation prevents the general rea ization of this fact” The Los An geles Express (independent) deplores the Morris - Shidehara _agreement, which, it believes, “is far from & statesmanlike settlement of the issues involved,” and it insists upon nego- tiations “‘that involve no surrender of vital American rights to secure a Japanese diplomatic triumph.” ‘What the pending agreement pro- poses, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer (independent demo- cratic) is “general alien land owne; ship laws applicable to all aliens.” With this settlement “the people of the United States should be more than satisfied,” the paper believes, since “the United States is really ylelding nothing” and the Pacific coast secures the protection it demands. The San Francisco Chronicle (inde- pendent) maintains that in any event “our domestic laws are no legitimate concern of Japan” and that “the Call- fornia law should not even be dis- cussed with Japan.” And the Fresno Republican (independent) insists that whatever the terms of the treaty may SHOOTING STARS. BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. Trouble Makers. Since first this world of ours began In prehistoric nations There now and then appeared some man To offer wild orations. He did not seek our lives to bless | With rational deduction. He thought his effort a success ! It he could raise a ruction. And oft we hold him free from guilt. | We say his work was splendic Because @’ better place was built When conflagration ended— And yet their record sadness brings | Which nothing can diminish— ! The people Who keep starting things | For other folks to finish. Inevitable Lelsure. “Nobody ought to enjoy the bread of idleness.” “And yet, you can't expect a man who sells bread these days to avoid | getting rich enough to quit work.” way would be more entertaining if some of the candidates would stop reciting and learn to sing. {ed that Mr. von Salzmann had come |nis remarks to greetings. He gave prove to be, “the Japanese immigra- tion question must be determined by American statute and not by treaty.” The Guest From Germany. Some days ago a meeting called by the United German Socleties took place at the Maennerchor Hall, New York. Erich von Salzmann, from Ber- lin, who was said to have come over as a representative of the Vossische Zeitung, was called upon to addre: the meeting. It was probably expec to conevy greetings from Germany to those present. Mr. von Salzmann did not restrict those present a lecture concerning their duties toward Germany. criti- | cised their attitude during the war and conducted himeelf in such a man- ner as to provoke loud opposition. The gentleman was told that Amerd- cans of German origin have no need of the advice of Berlin journalists: that they are perfectly informed about their rights and duties. and that it is people like von Salzmann who would | have to be made responsible for the many embarrassments in which Amer- icans of German origin had been placed during the last few vears, We can only rejoice at this frank language. We Americans of German descent reached our majority long ago. We know exactly what to do and what not to do. We knew it dur- ing the war and we know it today. We are not half as simple-minded as many people on the other side of the ocean would like to make us out. We refer to persons of the same mental caliber as Count Bernstorff. He, too, looked past us and thought that he could learn nothing from us, though it would have been of immense ad- vantage to him and to the Germany of that period if he had listened a little more to us and a little less to his In No Hurry. I want to be an angel, And dwell afar from sin; But just the same, when I get sick I call the doctor in. Domesticities. “The cook says she is going to leave.” “That's interesting,” replied the dinner grouch, “I didn't realize that ‘we had one. l Jud Tunkins says politics out his 1 Justifiable Aloofness. “Wasn't it Omar Khayyam who asked for & book of verses and a jug of wine?" “I don’t know,” replied Miss Cay- enne. “I don't read him. In view of the jazz poetry that now circu- noble political friends. Mr. von Salzmann also will have to learn a great deal in this country if he wishes to acauire a reliable judg- ment on our conditions in general and | on the position of Americans of Ger- man descent within the nation in par. ticular. He comes from a set where knowledge of that kind is not very abundant—Omaha Tribune (German, independent), Omaha, Ne One woman can make home happy, but two of ‘em can't.—Syracuse Her. ald. What has become of Teddy Rooge- velt's fifth cousin?—Toledo Blade, Bggs are about low enough no: be_ utilized in theatrical cnu;-rlno. —Springfield (Mo.) Leader. Chicago 18 the Athens of A boasts “the” Chicago Tribune. Hos ayor ompson & et e et T omwe lates and the bootlegging incident tn | iy Fan3s8, City pastor says majori- alcoholics, I am convinced that Omar | t 1 not at all a proper person.” e S R TR ‘ e re never right, but how can he for sure when majorities never e kYs their own way?—Kansas City $47.00 Wardrobe Trunks. your old furniture in high- = grade tapestry or leatherette. Rediuced tos - - e 2 ..$35.00 Finest work at prices 20% to ~ = A - soneerkiatecce ke ol $25.00 All-Purpose Trunk. Where. Reduceditoic st ot $18.75 Three-piece parlor or living room suites reupholstered. $20.00 Steamer Trunks. skin Cases. (fomp.luely.fil!ed with toilet articles.) $6.50 Cowhide Boston Bags, Reduced to (New overlapping frame.) $9.75 Becker’'s Week-End Reduced to $37.50 S 00 Reduced to............$15.00 s (e (Fer Laner | $25.00 Suit Cases. Cases, with tray. Re- Reduced to............$18.75 duced to . e 2i87.3D SATISFACTION GUARANTEED ‘Write or Phone—Man will eall with samp! Slip Covers Made to Order United Upholstery Company 625 D St. NW. | $22.50 Men’s Traveling Bags. | Reduced to............$16.90 All Women’s Handbags, for Shopping, Theater, etc., 14 OFF | Becker's Leather Goods Company | 1324-1326 F Street N.W. Main 6674. Though M®Cormack is abroad he is still here on the Victrola While the famous tenor is making a concert tour of the world, his hosts of admirers in this country continue to hear him through his Victor Records. They share with his far-away audiences the keen pleasure which comes from listening to that wonder- ful voice, for the Victor Records by McCormack when played on the Victrola duplicate to the most minute detail the art and the personality that are McCormack. Hear McCormack on the Victrola at any Victor dealer’s. Victrolas $25 to $1500. New Victor Records on sale at all dealers on the 1st of each month. Victor Talking Machine Co. Camden, New Jersey This_trademark and the trademarked ‘word“Victrols' Look under the lid! Nwzu VICTOR TALKING MACHINE CO. Gamden, N. J.